Ansible Role: Install X2GO

Install X2GO client\server\broker for Linux and Windows.

Work on

Ansible Galaxy style

  platforms:
    - name: Fedora
      versions:
        - 33
    - name: Ubuntu
      versions:
        - xenial
        - bionic
        - focal
    - name: Debian
      version:
        - jessie
        - stretch
        - buster
        - oldstable
        - stable
        - testing
    - name: EL (CentOS)
      versions:
        - 7
        - 8
    - name: opensuse
      vesrion:
        - tumbleweed
    - name: windows
      version:
        - 2008x64 (7 64bit)
        - 2008x86 (7 32bit)
        - 2019 (10 64bit)

Requirements

None,

Role Variables

#--- Version section ---#

x2go_repo_version: release
# x2go_repo_version: nightly
# x2go_repo_version: esr

#--- Component section ---#

x2go_component: client
# x2go_component: server
# x2go_component: broker
# x2go_component: x2godesktopsharing

x2go_client_win_setup_url: https://code.x2go.org/releases/X2GoClient_latest_mswin32-setup.exe

#--- Display manager section ---#

x2go_install_display_manager: true
# x2go_install_display_manager: false

x2go_default_display_manager: lightdm

#--- Window manager section ---#

x2go_install_window_manager: true
# x2go_install_window_manager: false

x2go_default_window_manager: icewm

#--- Printer section ---#

# https://stackoverflow.com/a/47994723

x2go_printer_support: true
# x2go_printer_support: false

# https://askubuntu.com/q/345083/457538
x2go_printer_disable_automatic_remote_installation: true

# http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pdftoprinter.html
x2go_printer_support_backend: pdftoprinter

x2go_printer_support_backend_download_url: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/PDFtoPrinter.exe

#--- CIFS section ---#

# For mount CIFS shares from x2go server.
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/34793

x2go_mount_cifs_support: true
# x2go_mount_cifs_support: false

x2go_mount_cifs_unprivileged_user: true
# x2go_mount_cifs_unprivileged_user: false

#--- Repo section ---#

# If you *NOT* use apt-cacher-ng or other caching proxy - select "https".
http_or_https: http
# http_or_https: https

Dependencies

If you want deploy x2go client to Windows 7

Download and install Windows Management Framework 5.1

HowTo

Quick config WinRM for Windows: https://ru.stackoverflow.com/a/949971/191416

Example Playbooks

I

Install latest stable x2go client on Windows or Linux over package manager of you distro with pdftoprinter:

install-x2go-client.yml:

- name: Install x2go client
  hosts: all
  strategy: free
  serial:
    - "100%"
  roles:
    - ansible-role-install-x2go
  tasks:

II

Install x2go server stable version on Linux with lightdm+icewm+mount.cifs over package manager of you distro:

install-x2go-server.yml:

- name: Install x2go server
  hosts: all
  strategy: free
  serial:
    - "100%"
  roles:
    - ansible-role-install-x2go
  vars:
    x2go_component: server
  tasks:

III

Install x2go 1 server and many clients:

install-x2go.yml:

- name: Install x2go
  hosts: all
  strategy: free
  serial:
    - "100%"
  roles:
    - ansible-role-install-x2go
  tasks:

x2go-inventory.ini:

[x2go-server]
172.16.10.10

[x2go-clients-linux]
10.10.10.5
10.10.10.6
10.10.10.7
10.10.10.8
10.10.10.9

[x2go-clients-windows]
10.10.10.20
10.10.10.21
10.10.10.22
10.10.10.23
10.10.10.24

[x2go-server:vars]
x2go_component=server

ansible-playbook -i ./x2go-inventory.ini ./install-x2go.yml

License

Apache License, Version 2.0

Author Information

don Rumata

TODO

• Add tests.
• Add support config x2go broker.
• Add support more display managers and windows managers.